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|£ million ---------------------------------------------------- The General Electric Co. plc. |800.0 Rolls Royce Ltd. |435.0 British Telecommunications plc. |8.5 Lucas Industries plc. |62.0 BTR plc. |19.0 Austin Rover Group Ltd. |60.0 Dunlop Holdings plc. |14.0 United Scientific Holdings plc. |21.5 Courtaulds plc. |9.0 Massey Ferguson Holdings Ltd. |3.5
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the figures for the value of headquarter contracts awarded to United Kingdom based Ministry of Defence contractors which were used to compile the list shown on page 15 of the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1988" (Vol. 2) included any payments made by the Ministry of
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Defence for goods and services which were exported from the United Kingdom ; and whether these figures represent the value of contracts signed or the value of goods and services delivered.Mr. Sainsbury : The figures in table 2.10 of volume 2 of the 1988 "Statement on the Defence Estimates" are based on an analysis of payments made directly by MOD to contractors in 1986-87.
The analysis takes into account payments for many goods and services exported from the United Kingdom. For example, it includes payments for equipment taken abroad for operations or training by the United Kingdom armed services ; however, these exports (and the corresponding imports if the items are returned to the United Kingdom) are specifically excluded from the official trade statistics.
The workshare agreements for collaborative equipment projects invariably involve a considerable amount of international exchange of components and assemblies. Where the arrangements provide for HMG to make purchases on behalf of a foreign Government--as is the case for certain items of equipment for the Harrier GR5/AV-8B project, for example--the payments made by MOD to contractors are included in the analysis. However, where funds for collaborative projects are routed through international agencies, the amounts are not included in the analysis of direct payments.
Payments made under sales arrangements, where no MOD money is involved, such as those with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, are separately accounted for, and are not included in the analysis.
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report the precise amounts paid by his Department in the year ended 31 March 1988 to (a) Jaguar Cars Ltd., (b) Sandvik Hard Materials Ltd., and (c) Kalmar Climax Ltd.
Mr. Sainsbury : The payments made to Jaguar Cars Ltd. and Kalmar Climax Ltd. in the year ended 31 March 1988 in respect of headquarters contracts were as follows :
|£ million --------------------------------------- Jaguar Cars Ltd. |1.0 Kalmar Climax Ltd. |1.3
We have no record of any headquarters contracts having been placed with Sandvik Hard Materials Ltd.
Mr. Nellist : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report the total value of headquarters contracts handled by his Department in each of the five years up to 31 March 1988.
Mr. Sainsbury : The value of headquarter contracts placed in each of the four years up to 31 March 1987 is shown at table 2-9 of volume 2 of the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1988", (Cmnd. 344-II). The value of headquarter contracts placed in the year ended 31 March 1988 was £6,541 million.
Dr. Cunningham : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to his reply of 23 January, Official Report, column 452 (a) when he expects the armed forces pay review body to report on accommodtion charges for
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1989-90 and (b) what information his Department has provided to the board as to elements of rates within existing charges for Scottish accommodation.Mr. Neubert : I refer the hon. Gentleman to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury during the public expenditure debate on 24 February 1988, at column 312. No evidence was submitted which related specifically to Scotland, although Scottish data were included in overall figures.
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department or any of the armed forces have conducted opinion surveys of service personnel on matters of general public interest.
Mr. Neubert : Attitude surveys relating to conditions of service are conducted as required, but I am unaware of any which might be regarded as of general public interest. If the hon. Member is concerned about a particular survey, perhaps he would let me know and I will be pleased to write to him.
Dr. Hampson : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he has any plans to change the United Kingdom force levels in Gibraltar ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Younger : All force levels are kept under regular review, and as part of the continuing drive for cost-effectiveness, we are considering restructuring and rationalising our forces in Gibraltar and their supporting infrastructure. In particular, subject to the outcome of detailed studies, we plan to withdraw in due course all or the major part of the infantry battalion stationed there.
Dr. Thomas : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the low flying regulations permit farm buildings to be used as simulated targets during low-flying training sorties.
Mr. Neubert [holding answer 16 December 1988] : The regulations for the conduct of low-flying training in the United Kingdom do not specify particular types of features at ground level which might be used as simulated targets.
Ms. Richardson : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what child care provision his Department provides for pre-school-age children of employees ; what child care provision, for school holiday or after-school care, is provided for employees' children aged five and over ; what plans there are for increasing provision in the next five years ; and how these are to be funded.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : The Welsh Office does not at present provide any child care facilities directly, but the advice of welfare officers, flexi- time, part-time working, job-sharing and special leave are available to staff who have difficulties
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in arranging for the care of their children. A holiday play scheme is planned for summer 1989 and staff would be expected to contribute towards the costs.Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report, on a district basis, the sites in Wales used for the disposal of hazardous waste ; and if he will indicate whether they are council operated or operated by a private contractor.
Mr. Grist : Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution has a record of 286 waste disposal facilities in Wales. These are listed by local authority area in the following table. Very few of these sites receive special waste. Details of the waste which each facility is licensed to receive can be obtained from the appropriate waste disposal authority, which is required to maintain a public register.
Type of site |Public |Private |<1>In-house ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Waste disposal authorities Aberconwy |1 |0 |2 Alyn and Deeside |2 |10 |3 Arfon |1 |2 |0 Blaenau Gwent |1 |0 |1 Brecknock |6 |3 |0 Cardiff |2 |12 |2 Carmarthen |1 |0 |0 Ceredigion |5 |1 |2 Colwyn |2 |2 |0 Cynon Valley |1 |1 |1 Delyn |2 |6 |2 Dinefwr |1 |0 |0 Dwyfor |3 |2 |16 Glyndwr |4 |0 |0 Islwyn |3 |0 |0 Llanelli |0 |1 |3 Lliw Valley |2 |3 |1 Meirionnydd |4 |0 |2 Merthyr Tydfil |1 |0 |0 Monmouth |3 |1 |0 Montgomeryshire |1 |2 |0 Neath |1 |1 |1 Newport |1 |12 |13 Ogwr |1 |6 |0 Port Talbot |1 |1 |1 Preseli Pembrokeshire |2 |9 |4 Radnor |2 |1 |0 Rhondda |3 |2 |0 Rhuddlan |1 |0 |0 Rhymney Valley |5 |3 |0 South Pembrokeshire |0 |2 |6 Swansea |4 |10 |10 Taff-Ely |3 |6 |0 Torfaen |2 |1 |5 Vale of Glamorgan |2 |6 |4 Wrexham Maelor |1 |9 |1 Ynys Mon |3 |1 |2 |--- |--- |--- Totals |78 |126 |82 <1> Site used for producers own use only.
Mr. Gareth Wardell : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report a list of those waste disposal authorities that have completed their plans and deposited a copy with his Department.
Mr. Grist : The following district councils have completed their waste disposal plans and deposited copies with the Department : Aberconwy
Alyn and Deeside
Arfon
Blaenau Gwent
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BrecknockCardiff
Carmarthen
Ceredigion
Colwyn
Cynon Valley
Delyn
Dinefwr
Dwyfor
Glyndwr
Islwyn
Llanelli
Lliw Valley
Meirionnydd
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouth
Montgomeryshire
Neath
Newport
Ogwr
Port Talbot
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Rhondda
Rhuddlan
Rhymney Valley
South Pembrokeshire
Swansea
Taff-Ely
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham Maelor
Ynys Mo n--Isle of Anglesey
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report figures to show the percentage of three and four-year-olds in (a) nursery schools, (b) nursery classes and (c) infant classes in each local education authority in Wales in rank order of provision for three and four-year-olds as a whole.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : The information is not collected centrally in the form requested. However, data in respect of the percentage of three and four-year-olds in nursery schools and in primary schools is in the following table :
@ |Nursery schools|Primary schools ---------------------------------------------------------------- West Glamorgan |2.4 |85.2 Mid Glamorgan |8.6 |67.5 Clwyd |2.7 |73.0 Gwent |10.4 |56.1 Dyfed |3.1 |60.9 South Glamorgan |7.2 |48.8 Powys |- |50.8 Gwynedd |- |49.2
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the percentage of pupils in primary schools in Wales in classes of over 30.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : During a particular teaching period of an enumeration date in January 1988 11.6 per cent. of secondary school children were taught in single-teacher classes of more than 30 children and 12 per cent. were in classes of more than 30 taught by more than one teacher. Comparable figures are not available for primary schools. However, in September 1987, 16.9 per cent. of ordinary classes in maintained primary schools had more than 30 children.
Ms. Armstrong : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the percentage of pupils in primary and secondary schools in Wales in classes of 35 and over in each local education authority in rank order.
Mr. Wyn Roberts : For secondary schools, the percentage of pupils who were being taught in a class group of more than 35 pupils during a particular teaching period on the enumeration date in January 1988 was as follows :
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|Classes taught by one |Classes taught by more |teacher |than one teacher -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mid Glamorgan |1.2 |16.7 Gwynedd |0.8 |14.8 Dyfed |0.5 |13.0 South Glamorgan |0.6 |11.9 Gwent |0.3 |11.6 West Glamorgan |0.3 |9.6 Powys |0.5 |8.0 Clwyd |0.7 |3.6
Comparable information is not available for primary schools. However, the percentage of ordinary classes in maintained primary schools which had more than 35 children in September 1987 is as follows :
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